EVERY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY9:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Brooklyn Borough Hall – Constituent Assistance CenterConstituent Assistance Center Walk-In

EVERY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAYVARIOUS TIMES

Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80SCORE NYC Small Business Mentoring

EVERY TUESDAY9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80FREE Legal Services for All – Veterans’ Issues

EVERY WEDNESDAY4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80FREE Legal Services for All – Family Law

THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80FREE Legal Services for All – Domestic Violence

SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80FREE Legal Services for All – Foreclosure Intervention

and Prevention

SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Brooklyn Borough Hall – Room G-80FREE Legal Services for All – Housing Matters, Trusts

and Estates, Elder Law, and Government Benefits

VARIOUS DATES, TIMES, AND LOCATIONSTUESDAY, AUGUST 14TH TOTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4THBK Sings Karaoke Platinum Edition

WEDNESDAYS, AUGUST 1ST,AUGUST 8TH, AND AUGUST 22ND

7:00 PM – 9:00 PMLong Meadow North at Prospect Park

A Summer Movie Under The Stars

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3RD12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Brooklyn Borough Hall – PlazaSummer Lunchtime Jazz Concerts

SUNDAY, AUGUST 5TH1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza and Columbus ParkBrooklyn’s 5th annual International Day of Friendship

MONDAY, AUGUST 6TH6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community Room Plant-Based/Vegan Meetup

TUESDAY, AUGUST 7TH6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Brooklyn Borough Hall – Community RoomBrooklyn Borough Board Meeting

AUGUST 8TH; AUGUST 9TH;AUGUST 15TH AND AUGUST 16TH

6:00 PM – 11:00 PMWingate Park

Wingate Concert Series

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11TH10:00 AM – 5:00 PMHerkimer Street between

Ralph Avenue and Howard AvenueBlack VegFest

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12TH7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk3052 West 21st Street

Free Shows at Coney Island: Summer Stage 2018

MONDAY, AUGUST 27TH6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Brooklyn Public Library – Red Hook BranchFree Overdose Prevention Training

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29TH1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

NYC Health + Hospitals/WoodhullFree Overdose Prevention Training

On Sunday, July 1st, Borough President Adams celebrated the opening of the Yemeni American Merchants Association headquarters in Bay Ridge, which will act as a central hub for Arab-American entrepre-neurship in the borough. On Sunday, July 15th, he visited the 12th annual Arab-American Bazaar — a celebration of culture and tradition hosted by the Arab American Association of New York.

Happy Independence Day! On Wednesday, July 4th, Borough President Adams marched alongside Staten Island Borough President James Oddo in the 108th annual Travis Parade, which has been held along Victory Boulevard in the historic village of Travis since 1911, making it the oldest continuous Fourth of July parade in the United States.

Borough President Adams celebrated the rich diversity of Brooklyn’s music scene at a variety of outdoor festivals in July including

on Sunday, July 8th at the 15th annual Soul Summit Music Festival in Fort Greene Park in Fort Greene; on Saturday, July 14th at the 14th annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, and on Saturday, July 21st as he took the stage at CurlFest in Prospect Park.

On Stage At Kingsborough! On Saturday evenings throughout the month of July, Borough President Adams sponsored the “Hot Summer Nights!” concerts at Kings-borough Community College’s Lighthouse Bandshell in Manhattan Beach.

In reponse to President Trump’s nomina-tion for the US Supreme Court seat vacat-ed by retiring Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, Borough President Adams and Representative Carolyn Maloney convened a protest outside the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse at Foley Square in Lower Man-hattan on Tuesday, July 10th to urge the US Senate to hold up the nomination until after the upcoming election.

#FreeTheSilvas. Borough President Adams joined community leaders at the headquar-ters of Make the Road in Bushwick on Wednesday, July 11th to demand that Immi-gration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) o�cials release Concepción and Margarito Silva, an elderly couple who were detained as they were visiting their son-in-law serving in the US military at Fort Drum in Upstate New York. On Wednesday, July 24th, they were released from detention.

Borough President Adams joined Mayor Bill de Blasio, Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr., and other community leaders on Wednesday, July 11th in celebrating the unveiling of the new Marcy Houses Com-munity Center, a first-of-its-kind at Marcy Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The new center will house programming for youth, seniors, and other residents to help improve

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In response to a land use application submitted by 57 Caton Partners, LLC to rezone a portion of a block bounded by Caton Place, East 8th Street, and Ocean Parkway in East Windsor Terrace, Borough President Adams unveiled his recommendations on Monday, July 2nd to approve the application as a means of encouraging the preservation of the Kensington Horse Stables nearby the current site location. His call, which formed part of his statutory Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) recommendation, encouraged the development of a state-of-the-art horse stables facility, which would preserve this historic institution that has been a hallmark of the local community since 1917. The stables have been a staple of the community, providing an enhanced quality-of-life for local residents as well as equestrian training for avid horseback riders from across the city, including children’s programs, lessons, pony rides, teen horsemanship, and trail rides. The current building, which was built in 1930, is the current home of the riding academy founded a century ago. Borough President Adams’ recommendation is based on his fervent support for retaining this public resource in proximi-ty to Prospect Park, benefitting the entire community, particularly young children who would have an invaluable recreational space to appreciate horseback riding and the great outdoors. His recommendations particularly note the importance of maintaining the programming that the stables provide without a cessation of their services to the community, while reducing impacts on the adjacent eastern portion of Windsor Terrace, and minimizing exposure of riders to motor vehicles travelling along Machate Circle separating the site from Prospect Park.

LATEST INITIATIVESOn Monday, July 16th, Borough President Adams joined Housing Rights Initiative (HRI) Executive Director Aaron Carr and the Law O�ce of Jack L. Lester in announcing a $10 million, 19-plainti� lawsuit, filed in the Kings County Supreme Court, based on a comprehensive investigation by HRI that found that Kushner Companies engaged in illegal construction practices in a 338-unit building at 184 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. According to an independent lab analysis, families, including children and babies, were exposed to highly toxic and cancer-causing substances, including, but not limited to, the lung carcinogen crystalline silica and lead. At the announcement, which took place outside the Brooklyn Supreme Court in Downtown Brooklyn, Borough President Adams noted that “we must do all that we can legislatively and through our courts to ensure our laws not only protect tenants, but aggressively prosecute violators so that justice is served accordingly. What is taking place at 184 Kent Avenue is just a microcosm of a larger epidemic of tenant harassment across the borough. It’s why we have to deploy a CompStat-type mentality to addressing a�ordable housing protection and preventing tenant harassment. This mission is why I’ve funded and collaborated with non-profits like HRI that use data as a weapon in defense of tenants who are losing their homes in real time. Government has not been able to catch up to a real-time method to stop them. I am fighting to change that.” Amid a wave of anti-immigrant behavior, Borough President Adams encouraged local naturalization applicants to attend his annual Citizenship Drive on Saturday, July 21st in the Commu-nity Room and Rotunda at Brooklyn Borough Hall, which provided free assistance from trained legal experts. The e�ort

was held in collaboration with Dominicanos USA, a Domini-can-American organization that aims to encourage civic, economic, and social engagement in the Dominican-American community, and NALEO Educational Fund, the nation’s leading non-partisan, non-profit organization, which aims to encourage civic engagement among Latino-Americans. The initiative, part of his ongoing “Embrace Your Hyphen” campaign encouraging Brooklynites to celebrate and learn about the borough’s vast ethnic and linguistic diversity through awareness campaigns, cultural programming, and media outreach, was a partnership with an extensive group of commu-nity and City agencies. The drive’s 200 attendees completed 120 citizenship applications. Additionally, the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) issued 55 benefit letters to waive the $725 cost of the application, which saved applicants $39,875 in fees. Borough President Adams joined the Food Bank of New York City in launching the “Woman to Woman Campaign,” a donation drive for feminine hygiene products on Tuesday, July 31st in the Rotunda at Brooklyn Borough Hall, which will serve as a collection site through October 31st. The drive, which is sponsored by Duane Reade by Walgreens, will collect and distribute basic essentials such as adult diapers, baby wipes, bath soap, deodorant for men and women, diapers, feminine wipes, soap, tampons, toothbrushes, and toothpaste to low-income and underserved women across Brooklyn. On average, women between the ages of 12 and 54 buy approxi-mately 250 feminine care products every year. These products are a financial burden to families already struggling and turns basic essentials into luxury products. Members of the public can also donate at an Amazon Wish List online, which can be found at foodbanknyc.org/womantowoman.

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Borough President Adams held up a bucket as he joined elected o�cials, community leaders, and tenants at Brevoort Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant to demand answers from the New York City Housing Authority on why residents have been dealing with no water for days and weeks in the heat of summer. Photo Credit: Eugene Resnick/Brooklyn BP’s O�ce

The Wingate Concert Series returns to Brooklyn! Borough President Adams announced a full star-studded lineup across four days in August at Wingate Park in East Flatbush. In partnership with Globe Star Media-N-Enter-tainment and Make Music New York, the series will kick o� with R & B night on Wednesday, August 8th, as radio 103.9 WNBM-FM on-air personalities La Loco & Chubb Rock lead the night with live performances by Johnny Gill, After 7, and Vivian Green. On Thursday, August 9th, radio 107.5 WBLS-FM will co-present Afro-Caribbean/Reggae night with live performances by Estelle, Barrington Levy, Alison Hinds, Serani, Ricky Blaze, Alandon, Dovey Magnum, Tifa, Kappa, Sugar Bear, and Flyame. On Wednesday, August 15th, radio 1190 WLIB-AM radio's Liz Black and Niecy Tribbett will co-present Gospel night featuring an evening of praise with live performances by JJ Hairston, Charles Jenkins, VaShawn Mitchell, Jonathan Nelson, Christian Cultural Center Choir, and more, including the Stanley Brown Band. The series finale will take place on Thursday, August 16th, with live performanc-es by Wyclef Jean, Slick Rick, Kool Moe Dee, Mr. Cheeks, and more. The evening will be co-presented by WBLS-FM with a special presentation of the Wingate Salute to Hip Hop as Brooklyn's own Big Daddy Kane will take the stage for a celebration of the 45th anniversary of hip hop music. All shows are scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM, with gates to the public opening at 6:00 PM. For more information on the 2018 Wingate Concert Series, please visit brooklyn-usa.org. In addition, on Sunday, August 12th, be sure to check out DEJ Loaf, IAMDDB, and Quiñ as they bring together a night of electronic-pop, hip-hop, and urban jazz music at the final Summer Stage at Coney Island. For more information on the full lineup and showtimes, visit summerstage.org. Be sure to bring out your family and friends for these great free concerts.

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In celebration of the Fourth of July, Borough President Adams joined Gene Guerra, Travis Civic Association president and Grand Marshal, as they marched in the Travis Parade in Staten Island — the oldest continuous Independence Day parade in the country. Photo Credit: Denise Felipe-Adams/Brooklyn BP’s O�ce

Borough President Adams stood alongside community leaders at the headquarters of Make The Road in Bushwick to demand the release of Margarito and Concepción Silva, an immigrant couple who were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) o�cials following a visit to their enlisted son-in-law at Fort Drum. Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s O�ce

Borough President Adams stood alongside Muslim women and community leaders in opposi-tion to a xenophobic verbal attack against a woman in a hijab, which took place on the S53 bus from Bay Ridge to Port Richmond. Photo Credit: Stefan Ringel/Brooklyn BP’s O�ce

Borough President Adams shared a special moment on stage with the Curly Girl Collective, a group of inspiring women who founded CurlFest, the world’s largest celebration of black female beauty, in Prospect Park. Photo Credit: Taniese Brown/Brooklyn BP’s O�ce

E�ective on Monday, July 2nd, Borough President Adams announced new security upgrades at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Visitors to the building, including contrac-tors, consultants, and other agency employees, will now need to enter through the Adams Street entrance at Old Fulton Alley to be screened by a magnetometer and have bags checked through an X-ray machine. Visitors will only be allowed to enter the building through this side entrance after which they will be directed to the Police Desk in order to sign in and obtain directions as to where to go in the building. The Court Street entrance will be used as an exit only. If you have any questions about the enhanced security measures, please call our Constituent Assistance Center at (718) 802-3700 or email askeric@brooklynbp.nyc.gov. In response to a xenophobic verbal attack targeting a Muslim woman wearing a hijab on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)’s S53 bus from Bay Ridge to Port Richmond, Borough President Adams joined community leaders and women wearing the traditional hijab in leading an interfaith solidarity ride on Sunday, July 15th on the same bus route where the attack occurred in hopes of sending a message of unity. The encounter, which was captured on a video that went viral on social media, involved a woman who identified as “Ashley” yelling at a female in a headscarf, telling her “she thinks she has rights she does not have” and announcing that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) o�cers are “here for you.” Borough President Adams spoke to concerns of riders who may feel unsafe or unwelcome when moving around New York City as experts have previously noted evidence of a sustained spike in hate crimes both locally and nation-wide. Borough President Adams also called for the MTA to sponsor bystander intervention trainings for straphangers across the city who are interested in supporting their fellow neighbors. In another similar incident in early July, a South Korean woman interning in the city was verbally attacked and spat on on a Coney Island-bound N train disembarking at Stillwell Avenue, while being told to get out of the country.

On Tuesday, July 17th, the City announced that Citi Bike would become more accessible to New Yorkers, by expanding the bike sharing system’s $5 per month membership to those who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. More than 1.6 million New Yorkers rely on SNAP to feed their families every day. To apply for the discount, SNAP recipients can visit the Citi Bike website at citibikenyc.com and enter their EBT card number or New York City Housing Authori-ty (NYCHA) tenant ID. NYCHA residents already enrolled in the discount program do not need to reapply. The new memberships do not require an annual commit-ment, and at $5 per month o�er a 66 percent discount o� the traditional price. The membership includes rides on 12,000 bikes at more than 750 stations in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. Members will also be able to utilize dockless bike sharing in Coney Island. For more information and to check eligibility, visit citibikenyc.com. Following a spike in home foreclosures across Brooklyn, Borough President Adams hosted a free assistance program at Brooklyn Borough Hall; according to mortgage data from real estate website PropertyShark, the number of new foreclosure auctions in the borough jumped 16 percent year-to-date in 2018 compared to the same period last year. The program, which was held in partnership with HOPE NOW Alliance, Center for NYC Neighbor-hoods, and Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) of Brooklyn CDC, Inc., took place on Thursday, July 19th and served 122 attendees. It allowed homeowners to meet with mortgage servicers face to face in order to discuss deed-in-lieu, forbearance, loan modification, and short sales, as well as other mortgage solutions. Information was made available on the New York State Mortgage Assistance Program (NYS-MAP), which provides a zero percent interest mortgage loan of up to $40,000 to eligible New York homeowners at risk of foreclosure. Additionally, the program o�ered free comprehensive counseling from local housing counseling agencies approved by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as well as free legal services on foreclosure intervention and prevention.

quality of life in the neighborhood. Borough President Adams allocated $1 million in capital budget investment to this project.

¡Wepa! Borough President Adams celebrat-ed the cultural heritage of the Dominican Republic and Colombia at two events in July. On Thursday, July 12th, he joined the Dominican Day Parade kicko� held in the Rotunda at Brooklyn Borough Hall featuring a presentation of awards and a dance perfor-mance by Raices Dance Troupe. On Sunday, July 22nd, Borough President Adams marched in the Colombian Day Parade along Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights beside Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and other community leaders.

On Friday, July 13th, Borough President Adams hosted a Caregiver Expo at Brooklyn Borough Hall in partnership with PSS Circle of Care, which provided attendees with valuable information on how to care for themselves and others through the aging process as well as resources. Topics of discus-sion at the event, which was sponsored by Aetna, included Medicare savings plans, meditation techniques, information on the New York State Paid Family Leave Act, and other free services.

Healthy eating is healthy living! That was the message at Borough President Adams’ Healthy Cooking Workshop, which was held in the Community Room at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Tuesday, July 17th. The event provided attendees with tips on how to prepare a�ordable and delicious plant-based recipes as well as plant-based cooking and healthier lifestyle guidance.

A Summer Movie Under the Stars returned to Brooklyn this July with Borough Presi-dent Adams hosting a screening of the classic film “The Wizard of Oz” on Wednes-day, July 18th at Long Meadow North at Prospect Park in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance and Nitehawk Cinema. Upcoming screenings include “West Side Story” on Wednesday, August 1st, “Space Jam” on Wednesday, August 8th, and “Alice In Wonderland” on Wednesday, August 22nd.

Borough President Adams hosted his fifth annual Seniors by the Sea celebration at the Marine and Academic Center Rotunda at Kingsborough Community College in Manhattan Beach on Friday, July 27th. The

event, which was sponsored by Aetna, AgeWell, Con Edison, Duane Reade/Wal-greens, Emblem Health, Healthfirst, National Grid, Target, and WellCare, provided a free lunch and karaoke dance party for more than 400 seniors from across Brooklyn.

Summer Stage at Coney Island! Borough President Adams joined CityParks Founda-tion in celebrating the rich diversity of musical talent across the country with a series of free concerts at the Ford Amphi-theater at Coney Island Boardwalk in Coney Island. On Wednesday, June 20th, Big Daddy Kane joined The Finisher Mister CEE and Doug E Fresh on stage to sing their biggest hits. On Sunday, July 8th, Barrington Levy took the stage alongside Third World, Kabaka Pyramid, DJ Gravy, and Federation Sound for a night of dance-hall, reggae, and more. On Friday, July 13th, two of Puerto Rico’s most important salsa heavy hitters, Tito Rojas and Andy Mon-tañez, came together for a rare night of Latin music. On Sunday, July 29th, hip-hop was the theme as The Lox, Young M.A, and special guest DJ Funk Flex entertained the crowd alongside Torae.